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Old 09-21-2010, 07:41 AM
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Hi, Lynn, and welcome to NeuroTalk.

Can we get some more details from you? Have you been tested for B12 and Vit D? Don't accept "normal", from your doctor because most lab ranges for these two critical nutrients are old and no longer accurate. Your B12 should be above 400, and vit D in the 50-80ng range.
Doctors commonly call very low levels, "normal".

Also what medications are you taking or have taken recently?
Some drugs cause PN.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread122889.html
That thread is in our Subforum at the top of the page, with other resources.

Some homework is necessary here to understand how complicated PN can be. If you find your trigger you may be able to improve but doctors do not understand that yet, we've learned.

There is, for example, a posting on the SubForum about hereditary neuropathies. Doctors don't offer testing for this early on, but as things get ruled out as causes, they may then examine this possibility...it is very expensive.
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